15th Feb 2011
Crosthwaite House Website Launches

We're delighted to see the new Crosthwaite House website go live today! The B&B is situated in the heart of the Lyth Valley and has just been beautifully refurbished by new owners Sam and Tiree Dawson.

Lavahouse developed the new branding for application to promotional cards and stationery. We then worked closely with the clients and Outsrc to develop a modern, quirky website to appeal to guests old and new. The site is completely content managed, able to process online bookings and features Tiree's fabulous photography.

We wish Sam, Tiree and family all the best with their new adventure!

www.crosthwaitehouse.co.uk

9th Feb 2011
The North Face Foundation Coaching Guide




Lavahouse have designed and produced two in-store training guides for use by staff at The North Face stores across the UK and soon to roll out across europe. The documents have been a huge success. As well as designing the various booklets and posters we also art directed the main photoshoot in the Birmingham flagship TNF store.

The first of the guides – The Foundation Coaching Guide – has just come back from the printers and looks great! The second one – The Retail Coaching Guide – is due to go on the press next week.

25th January 2011
The Chocolate Moose sweet shop opens!




A dream job for our sweet toothed staff – branding a sweet shop! The Chocolate Moose at the Edinburgh University Student Union opened today and looks very tempting indeed. We'll be heading up to Edinburgh very soon for a site visit and to check out our work on the signage, sweet jars and other promotional materials.

17th Jan 2011
Venture Xtreme new website goes live




Venture Xtreme is a cultural and lifestyle destination venue that has a unique ability to combine sports participation with spectator attraction. Feeling that their website did not reflect the aspirations of the VX brand, managing director Steve Jones approached Lavahouse and tasked them to come up with a fresh modern feel in a functional and dynamic web design. Our web development partners at Outsrc added their talents to the mix and the site launched yesterday, to much positive response.

www.venture-xtreme.com

16th Jan 2011
George Fisher launches new website




We are really excited by the launch of the new George Fisher website. After several months of design and programming the world-famous outdoor store, based in Keswick, has gone live with their stunning new look.

Using the amazing photography of Stuart Holmes, Lavahouse designed the highly visual, e-commerce driven website, which was programmed by our associates at sparkstone.

www.georgefisher.co.uk

15th Dec 2010
Hunter Hall School




Our brief was to create a design that looked like no other school site in the region. In-house illustrator Gina, went back to school for this lovely project for Hunter Hall School in Penrith. Her delicate pencil sketches were just what the headmaster Tony Winzor was looking for in this friendly, clean design. Lavahouse worked closely with our friends at Outsrc, the head and governors to produce this highly engaging site, appealing to children, parents and teachers alike.

www.hunterhall.co.uk

10th Dec 2010
16 The Salon gets a makeover




We had a great time working with the team at 16 The Salon, on their brand new website. The salon in Kendal prides itself on cutting edge hairdressing combined with excellent customer service and wanted their website to reflect this.

Lavahouse teamed up with the team at Outsrc to achieve a slick, modern, easy to use design.

www.16thesalon.co.uk

18th Nov 2010
Here we go again...!




Yes folks, it's that time of year again! The Kendal Mountain Festival is currently attracting outdoor enthusiasts from around the world to the streets of Kendal. It's been a busy couple of weeks for Lavahouse, not least for Creative Director Steve Scott who, as part of his research, travelled as far a field as Canada to experience similar festivals. We've produced the action-packed festival programme, posters, banners, t-shirts, digital slides, lanyards, vehicle graphics...the list goes on! We encourage you to get involved over the weekend with events on at the Brewery Arts Centre and throughout the town.

10th June 2010
It's BEST IN EDEN as new festival website launches




Best in Eden is a new summer festival comprising over 180 events during 9 weeks throughout the Eden district of Cumbria. Lavahouse have worked closely with Eden Arts and our friends at Outsrc Web Development on new branding, marketing materials and website to promote this unique resource.

19th February 2010
The Posture Clinic gets a new logo

Lavahouse worked closely with Erica Donninson of the The Posture Clinic, to create a new identity that represents the Alexander Technique. The final logo mark chosen is an elegant, almost organic creation that represents, fluidity, motion and poise — all key features of the technique.

13th February 2010
Edinburgh Students Union Live programme launches


An exciting new collaboration for the Lava team - we designed the visual marketing materials for the live events programme for the Edinburgh University Student Union Association. Their venues require exciting promotional material for a demanding audience. Lavahouse worked closely with the EUSA marketing team to produce posters, programmes and timetable of events.

8th February 2010
Steve goes to ISPO

Creative Director Steve Scott, journeyed to Munich in Germany for the annual ISPO event for the Outdoor Sports Trade...new client meetings, inspirational brand strategies and some excellent design on show proved to be a great inspiration for our head of creative.

6th February 2010
Teko for Haiti

Teko Socks from Boulder, Colorado in partnership with Anatom UK approached Lavahouse to create a stand-out campaign to raise money for earthquake relief in Haiti. Lavahouse are currently working with Teko on their brand narrative, but waivered all design fees for the "Sock Monkee" promotions for this worthy cause.

20th November 2009

Kendal Mountain Festival 2009

Our big event of the year got under way last night. We have been up to our creative glasses in design for both the screen and page, in the form of the Kendal Mountain Festival.

The world's biggest gathering of adventurers, experts, filmmakers, enthusiasts, business people and families all congregate to the social and film spectacle event of the year here in Kendal.

Here is a taste of some of the visual collateral we have created for this year's KMF. If you fancy a trip (and it's well worth a visit) - check out the website here www.mountainfest.co.uk

10th November 2009

Spirit of Adventure Book Launch

September saw us create a special landmark in our business history when we finally completed a book design and publishing project for renown adventurer and author Colin Mortlock. The Spirit of Adventure is a must read guide for living a better life and re-connecting with our planet by using the wisdoms of our friend and modern day philosopher.

Lavahouse is very proud of the book, the design and all the marketing materials that are enabling Colin to launch this book globally, promote his new publishing company "Outdoor Integrity Publishing' and lay down plans for creating a new Foundation of the same name.

25th August 2009
A really tasty brochure

Further to the development of the new identity and range of packaging designs for local producers of delicious food, Country Fare, Lavahouse has completed this tempting brochure outlining their product range. Rich images from photographer Henry Iddon really put the icing on the cake.

20th August 2009
Brewery Arts Centre new season

Lavahouse complete their makeover of the Brewery's print material with this brochure for the exciting new autumn/winter programme at the vibrant arts venue. The visual refresh will now move to wayfinding and exterior signage.

16th July 2009
Socks to Nepal

TEKO socks are made in Boulder Colorado. We were approached by this environmentally sound company to produce a logo for a new campaign which collects and sends shop samples to porters in Nepal.

2nd July 2009
Kendal College HE prospectus out

The new Kendal College HE prospectus, designed by Lavahouse, was unveilied at a higher education event. The prospectus showcases the fantastic array of courses at the new £12.9m building (designed by architects Taylor Young Ltd.).

29th June 2009
Kendal Museum gets a new identity

Lavahouse has re-branded Kendal Museum. The Museum was reopened by legend Prof. David Bellamy on Thursday 25th June, to mark a new partnership with Kendal College. The new logo, applied to signage, banners and stationery, is designed to be versatile across all media.

28th May 2009

New logo suite for Kendal Judo Club

We are proud of our continued association with the renowned Kendal Judo Club. A comprehensive re-brand has just been completed as part of a strategic campaign to open the Dojo doors as a training venue for international athletes, as well as offering new diverse products to the local community.

The club recently received the status of Pre-Olympic training venue for the 2012 London Olympics. With help from Lavahouse, Kendal will aim to attract teams from around the world to train in our beautiful surroundings and great facilities.